Saddle.



PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907'. G. SZAMEITAT SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2a, 1906.

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UNITED STATEH PATENT OFFICE.

CARL SZAMEITAT, OF HAMBURG GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM OF SZAMEITATREFORM- SATTEL-GESELLSOHAFT MIT BESOHRANKTER HAFTUNG, OF HAMBURG,GERMANY. I

SADDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed May25. 1906. Serial No. 318,789.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I OAR-L SZAMEITAT, a subject of the German Emperor, anda resident of Hamburg, in the German Empire, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Saddles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement in saddles of the kind in whichthe saddle frame is composed of a front fork, a rear fork and two springlongitudinal saddle tree bars, which are pivotally secured to saidforks. The arrangement of two separate forks has not proved altogetheradvantageous in such saddles because the saddle has not the necessaryrigidity or stiffness and it is easy for the forks and tree bars to bedis placed relatively to oneanother.

The object of the present improvement is to overcome this drawback, andto this end the two forks are formed of a single hoop so that the frontand rear forks constitute a rigid frame of suitable form to which arehinged the spring tree-bars. The saddle girths and if desired also thestirrup straps are in this construction secured directly to thehoop-like frame and not to the tree-bars so that the latter have morefree play and accommodate themselves more readily to the form of theback of the animal. When the saddle girths are secured to the tree barsthe same are readily tilted or canted on tightening the girths wherebythe proper disposition of the tree bars is destroyed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the invention by way ofexample Figure 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of the skeletonof the saddle:

Fig. 3 shows the front fork in end elevation. In the drawing partsunnecessary for a clear understanding of the invention are omitted.

As shown in the drawing the front fork and the rear fork are constitutedof a single hoop a, to the longitudinal limbs of which the tree bars I)are pivotally secured at 0, while a leather covering 6 or the like isstretched over the frame a. Each tree-bar b is provided on its undersidewith an arched spring bladed which is fastened to the tree-bars by meansof bolts (1 as shown in Fig. 3.

The fastening straps f for the saddle girths are secured to thelongitudinal parts of the frame a. For hooking on the stirrup straps areemployed the spring supports g. In the construction shown the latter areattached to the tree-bars b but they may as is preferred be secured tothe frame a.

The various parts are padded and the saddle otherwise equipped in theusual manner.

I claim:

In a saddle, a frameconstructed of a single piece of metal havingstraight substantially parallel longitudinal limbs bent near each end toform front and rear forks, a tree bar extending the length of the frameand hinged to each longitudinal limb and having an arched spring platemounted on the underside of each tree bar to automatically distributethe load uniformly throughout its length and conform to the contour ofthe horse.

CARL SZAMEITAT.

Witnesses MAX A. G. LnMcKn I. CHRIST. HAIPERMANN.

